I have a good portion of the butterflies packaged up in boxes for tomorrow's installation.

I'll be sketching the design out on the large wall and then it will just be a matter of deciding what will go where. There are no rules for that part - it will just be combining colors and textures until it all feels right...and then applying the mosaics to the wall using thinset.

I'll be using Mapei Ultraflex 2, a professional-grade polymer-modified mortar that can be used indoors and out. It has a work time of about 2 hours...although I've stretched it a bit in the past.

I anticipate the design phase to be the most time consuming tomorrow. There are so many colors, patterns and textures coming together - it's going to be crazy!